Brake-shoe.



H. B. NICHOLS 6L G. M- RICHARDSON.

BRAKE SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14 '19l4- 1,177,440. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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BRAKE SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. I4. 1914.

Patented Mar. 28,1916. I

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H. B. NICHOLS & G. M. RICHARDSON.

BRAKE SHOE.

APPLICAT E OCT. I4, I914. 1,177,440. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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HENRY 1B. NICHOLS AND GEORGE M. RICHARDSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE-SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed October 14, 1914. Serial No. 866,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY B. Nronons and GEORGE M. RICHARDSON, citizens of the and simple to manufacture.

The present invention-is in the nature of animprovement over our previous invention for which Letters Patent of the United States have been granted us under date of September 22, 1914, No. 1,111,606.

In the specification of our patent we have described a shoe composed of cast iron, with a lug of ductile or wrought iron or steel partially embedded in the body in casting. The lug is formed of interior and exterior arches between which the cast metal rises and constitutesa filler with inclined bearing faces projecting oppositely toward the ends of the shoe. beyond the edges of the ductile metal. These faces take the thrust and wear of contact with the holding socket when braking.

According to our present improvement, we provide composite bearing faces, by forming the ductile or malleable iron lug with inclined edges, and then causing the cast metal filler to form inclined faces in the same planes with said edges. We find that in practice this arrangement gives excellent results, and as we believe we are the first to make composite fiat bearing surfaces of this kind, formed by straight or tapered edges ofthe yoke and a facing of the body metal of the shoe, we shall claim the same both broadly and specifically.

In addition to the foregoing,'other features of improvement will sufficiently (appear from the detailed description hereinafter.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brake shoe with our improved lug. Fig. 2 is a plan or development of a blank for the form of lug shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the shoe showing the malleable or ductile metal lug in place. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section of a portion of the shoe showing the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of blank adapted to form both the inner and outer arches of one piece. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lug formed up therefrom. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a further modification, in which the inner arch shown in Fig. 6 is made separatefrom the outer arch. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the separate tongue of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a crosssectional view on theline m-m of Fig. 7 showing the method of attaching the same. Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing the upper part of the lug of Fig. 8, with dovetailed looks through openings in the malleable/metal. Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the upper part of the lug of Fig. 14 with similar locks. Fig. 12 is a plan view of a blank constituting a still further modification of arch and fittings, in which the 1 tongues on opposite sides are of unequal length. Fig. 13 is a plan view ofthe double arch formed up from the blank of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the back of the shoe, showing the arch in'section on the line 1-fl14: of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a longitudinal section through the back of the shoe showing the arch in section in Fig. 13. I I

Referring to the drawings and especially to Figs. 1 to 4: inclusive, 1 indicates the body of the shoe, which may or may not have a'malleable backing strip as described V 7 in our patent. Bridged across the middle of the back of this shoe is a lug 2 formed of parts shown in detail in Figs. 2, 3 and 1. To make this lug, we take strips of ductile metal that are slightly wider than the design shown in the drawings attached to our said patent, and shear the same to the proper dimensions, as illustrated in Fig. 2. After shearing, the lug is formed up as shown in Fig. 3, its outline being substantially that of a very broad horseshoe. In-

side'this horseshoe or arch, we secure a second arch 3, preferably by spot-welding. If

a malleable back or inset is provided for the shoe, it is arranged as shown at 4, the ends of the inner arch 3 embracing it, and preferably lying within; slotsformed in its sides. 7 The parts thus shown in. Fig. 3, are sethe line 1515 of V curedfin the mold and, the body of the shoe is cast upon them, the cast metal flowing up and filling the spaces 5 and 6 between the 'inner and outer arches, and the mold being so formed that the faces of the cast metal projections thus formed in the spaces 5 and 6 will be flush with the opposite inclined edges 7 and 8 of the lug arches 2"and 3.

This is best shown in Fig.- 4, in which the viewpoint is supposed to be taken atright angles to that of Fig. 3. It is also shown very clearly in Fig. .1, where the inclined faces of the cast metal fillers appear at' at'the same operation out along the lines '12-12, so as to leave tongues 1111 attached to thebody l0. strip is placed in a die, .pressed down and shaped, the strips 1111 being bent in to i .G. B. dimensions covering inside measurement of the key lug, or to such other die mensions asv may be required by use to which the brake shoe is to be put. This produces the lug shown in Fig. 6, and when this is cast in the body of Fig. 1, the cast metal 18 flows up around the outside of the members 11-l1,' and also fills the inside of the outer arch members 1hl4:, flushwith their edges, producing, a similar composite bearingface to those shown in the preceding figures.

In Figs. 7,. .8 and 9 we illustrateamodified formof the lug in Figs. 5 and 6. In this case the members 11 are made separately in theform of a strip, shown in Fig.

8,'and this strip is then secured to the body.

10 as shown in Figs. 7 and 9. 'In so securing it, we preferablyuse spot-welds, and locate the arch 11 inside-the body 10. Obviously-we may. rivet or otherwise secure the members together as a variant of the spotwelding and we may also-vary the location of the arch by passing the strip 11 over the metal of the outer arch and downthrough the side slots, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9.

In Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive we illustrate a further modified form of lug in which the tongues on opposite sides are of unequal length. As shown in Fig. 12 the bodyl0 has two opposite long tongues 14 and two alternate short tongues 11 These are bentdown on the dotted lines 14?,as best shown in Fig. 13. so as to form two arches symmetrically disposed but oppositely displaced. The outside members 14" form the outside Thus it will be perceived that In manufacturing this form of lug we take a strip of ductlle metal 10, shape the. same to proper dimensions and 1 Subsequently the r arch of the -lug. This-will be fully understood afterstudyof Figs. 13, 1 1 and 15. .The

casting is done as before, and makes a solid lug with composite bearing surfacesto take the thrust .and strain due to braking. The body 10 has long tongues 14 and shorter tongues 14 v H It will be apparent '5 after reading this description, that other changes and modifie cations maybe made, beside thosewe have. described, as well as divers combinations. of the separate features therein'presented. We. wish it understoodxthat we contemplate all non-essential changes and modifications as" withinthe scopeofv our inventiomthe characteristic feature of which is production: of a composite bearing face7'89, for the lug regarded. as a whole. We wish it further understood that vwe may use any form of" body and any form of lug suitable for our purpose, without departing from the scope of this invention. Thus,we contemplate the employment of all the forms of lug disclosed in our prior Patent No.1,111,6,06, withtheir 1 ends embedded in the body of the shoeand their interstices or openings filled with the. cast metal in casting, so that the surfaces of said metal will lie flush on both; sides-.- with the edges of the ductile metal, to form composite bearing surfaces. The lug. illus."

trated in, Fig. 8 of-the drawings of our. pat-1 ent is particularly adapted to this use.

All the lugs of our Patent No- 1,111,606 may be provided with vents 20 such, as here indescribed and illustrated particularly in, Figs. 1, 3 and :10. Our experiments: have shown these vents to be of value and we pur-- poseapplying them'zgenerally in our work. Referring particularly to Fig. 3, a very ethicient .form of. construction is produced by countersinking or reaming out the openings 20 from the upper side so that whenthe cast metal flows up and fills the opening it will create locking "dovetails extending through the ductile metal, as shown in Figs; 10 and 11.

Having thus describedour invention, what we claim and desire tosecure by Letters :Patent is.-.-.

1. A brake shoe having a cast metal body.

and a Iug'prO ecting from the back thereof, composed ofa malleable metal strip bent substantially into U-shape, .and set transversely of the body, withiits-ends embedded in the cast. metal thereof adjacent to the.

sides ofthe body, and; the space. beneath it 5 opening in the. direction of the length ofthe body, withcastzzmstal extending. from the body up within the sides, and flush with both edges thereof on both sides,- so as. to

form composite bearing surfaces on both? edges toward the ends ,of the shoe, to take. the thrust and wear of the brake head in braking.

2. A brake shoe having a cast metal body, and a lug composed of two memberswith 1nclosed space between them, set across the body so as to bridge the same from side to side with open ends toward the ends thereof, said members having tapered edges and said space being filled in casting with metal integral with the metal of the body flush with said tapered edges, forming a composite bearing surface on each edge of the lug, toward the end of the shoe, to take the thrust and wear of the brake head in braking.

3. A brake shoe having a cast metal body and a lug formed of malleable or ductile metal in the form of an arch set across the body with its i longitudinally projecting edges properly shaped to form bearing surfaces to take the thrust of the brake head in braking, said lug having divided members with longitudinal spaces between them, said spaces being filled and the divided members surrounded by cast metal forming extensions of the body of the shoe in casting.

4:. A brake shoe having a cast metal body and a lug composed of a malleable or duetile metal strip cut lengthwise to form each end into three tongues, the middle tongues bent down to form an inner arch and the outer tongues bent to form outer arches, said lug having its ends embedded in the body of the shoe in casting, and the cast metal flowing up to fill the spaces between the tongues flush with the inner face of the inner tongue and flush with the edges on both sides of the outer tongues.

5. A brake shoe having a cast metal body and a lug composed of a strip of ductile metal forming a bridge across the body with its ends embedded in the body in casting, adjacent to the sides thereof and its edges turned longitudinally toward the ends of the body, metal integral with the body cast inside of the lug fiush withboth longitudr nal edges thereof forming composite bearing surfaces to take thethrust and wear of the brake head in braking.

6, A brake shoe having a cast metal body and a single lug formed from a single tapered strip of ductile metal bridged across the body with its edges projecting longitudinally thereoffwith its ends embedded in the body in casting, and with composite longitudinal bearing surfaces formed partly by mg. i

7 A brake shoe having a cast metal body "the taper edges of the ductile memberand s and a lug formed from a stripof ductile A metal transversely bridged across the body with its opposite limbs split and spread apart to produce, an opposite taper from its center toward the ends of the shoe, the ends of the strip being embedded in the body in casting, and the cast metal at the same time flowing up and fillingthe spaces between the limbs and within the strip around the key space, and extending flush with the taper edges thereof, so as to form composite longitudinal bearing surfaces to take the thrust and wear of the brake head in braking.

8. A brake shoe having a cast metal body and a ductile metal lug, said lug being formed of a one-piece blank out both ways from the middle, and the ends bent over to form two arches connected at their crown.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY B. NICHOLS. GEORGE M. RICHARDSON. Witnesses: AUoUsT F. GRUBER,

H. TIEFENBACH.

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